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Four Roman soldiers – the guards of Christ’s tomb, stationed to prevent anyone stealing the body – sleep on the ground. Christ, holding the flag of the Resurrection, steps out of the tomb, its lid cast aside on the ground behind.

This panel was part of the altarpiece Ugolino made for the church of Santa Croce, Florence. It came from the predella (the lowest part of the altarpiece) and was the last in a series of scenes of Christ’s life. Ugolino based these scenes on versions that his Sienese predecessor, Duccio, made for an altarpiece known as the Maestà.

Duccio’s image of the Resurrection does not survive, so this panel is important for giving us an impression of what that version may have looked like. The composition is similar to contemporary tomb sculpture found in both Siena and Florence in the early fourteenth century, suggesting that there was a standard composition for the image.